#9D8D38#9D8D38

#9D8D38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.107 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8D38
RGB	rgb(157, 141, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 64.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.51, -4.51, 46.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.51, 46.40, 95.58°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% -0.016 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.107 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1443, 26.5045, 7.5847)
Luminance	0.2650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8D38 #38489D

analogous

#9D5B38 #9D8D38 #7B9D38

triadic

#9D8D38 #389D8D #8D389D

tetradic

#9D8D38 #389D5B #38489D #9D387B

square

#9D8D38 #389D5B #38489D #9D387B

split-complementary

#9D8D38 #387B9D #5B389D

monochromatic

#433C18 #706428 #9D8D38 #C1AF51 #D1C47E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#9D8D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#9D8D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8D38

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8D38	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A892E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 141, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.107 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdae72',
    500: '#9d8d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8d38;
$custom-light: #bdae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.495,
    "s": 47.418,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64083,
    "c": 0.10654,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8D38

secondary

#7681BA

accent

#66D751

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8D38

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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